Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-08


in the chair.
The Engrossment Committee reported that A.
Bs. "A and Is were properly engrossed. The
Committee on Internal Improvements reported
in favor of A B. 42S and 2l4.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Taylor-The general appropriation bill for
the maintenance of the State government Tor the
| next two years, S3,4SS $50.
BY Bost-Relative TO public highways.
BY Venable- AppropriatinS $4,000 to pay a.
L. Rhoades and D. n. Delmas for legal services
rendered the State
THE GENERAL FILE.
The general file this morning consisted of
eighteen pages containing lSS bills and special
orders. On the special file were some sixty-tive
relief bills Matthews of Tehama moved that
they all be transferred to the general file. Car
ried
Henry of Butte arose to question of inquiry
as to what was the reason the Committee on Cor
porations refused to obey the mandate of the
House of Saturday
The Speaker ordered the Chairman of the
committee to return the bills forthwith.
Matthews of Tehama presented petitions from
nineteen school districts of his county, asking
the Legislature to enact laws requiring instruc-
tons to be given in the public schools regarding
| the evils of alcoholic stimulants.
THAT UNIVERSITY TAX.
S. B. 40, an Act to provide for the permanent
| support of the University of California by the
levy of rate of taxation and the creation OF
| fund therefor came up on the third reading file.
Brierlys amendment, calling for an eXpendi-
| ture of 50 per cent. of this fund in permanent
| improvements was the subject of discussion
nearly the entire afternoon. Briefly, in support
of his motion, spoke for nearly an hour, and re-
viewed the workings of the University from its
foundation down to the present time. His criti-
| cism of the present Board of Regents and their
| predecessors was severe and he charged them
with gross mismanagement OF the funds OF the
| State which had been placed at their disposal.
| He said, Notwithstanding the large amount of
money they had used, the University was not
progressive, but retrogressive. The graduates
| from the University, which employs thirty pro
| fessors and assistants, were follows: 1874,
%: 1875 %; 1876, 3d. 1877 81; 1873, %: 1879, S.
1880 Al: 1891 %; 1882 81 1888 80: 1884, 20. This,
he claimed, was a poor showing, and went to
prove that the University was nothing more nor
! less than high school for the city of Oakland
| He reviewed the official acts of the Regents in
land and building transactions, showing what
he claimed was self,evidenI 1act, that those
| men were not competent TO expend that 1und IN
4 the best interest of the state.
Variel of Plumas replied at length TO the re-
marks of Briefly and asked that every man who
| was friend to education to vote against the
| amendment and for the bill. The purpose of
| the Act was to do away with the biennial appro
priations that the Legislature was regularly
| asked to pass
After speeches by Venable and Granger in
favor of the amendment, and Wright in opposi-
| ton to it. the amendment was voted down, and
I the bill passed by vote of ayes 40, noes IA.
A. B. 49, providing for an extra contingent
| fund of So, 900 for the expenses of the Assem-
| blv was passed by a unanimous vote.
| A. B. 1913, providing for the payment of wit
| ness expenses in criminal cases, and A. B. 81
| enfranchising and restoring William 7. Wheeler
to all the privileges of an eector and the politi
| cal rights of citizenship, was passed.
| A. b. 1874, providing for the removal OF the
| mineral cabinet from the State Library to the
Croker Art Gallery, was lost by vote of 81 ayes
| to p noes 1t not having received the constitu-
| tional majority of Al, Taylor gave notice of a
| motion TO reconsider The San Francisco dele
CATION favored its being removed to san Fran
cisco to the rooms of the Mining Bureau, and
sought to amend the bill so as to give it to them.
When they failed in this, then they voted soidly
| against sacramento. Speeches were made on
both sides, but the Croker Art Gallery had no
one to speak for it that could properly present
its claims.
Ayes-Adams, Alexander, Anterior, Bailey,
Bost, Brusie, Carr Cooley, Coombs Cope, Currey
of Solano. Gould, Granger Henry OF san Joa-
quin. Hyde, Knox, Mailer, Matthews OF Teha-
ma. Matthews OF san Benito, McCle1ahan, Nc
Gowan Morgan, Morris. Ohleyer. Price, Shana-
han, Sherburne, Taylor Venable, Vincent Weber,
Wilcox, Williams Wright, Young of San Diego
%.
Noes-Barry Barton, Briefly, Britt, W. A.
Brown, J. B. Brown Butler, Callaghan, Cohen
Ewing, Gruwell, LaBlanc, Lawrence, Mcdonnell
Mitchell, Regan. Seary. Smythe, Spurgeon,
Sykes Toner Variel Wright, Mr.. Speaker--1 4
AT 5 P. NJ, on motion of Hyde, the House took